Education

Earnest and Nova Credit Team to Offer Loans for International Students
Earnest and Nova Credit Team to Offer Loans for International Students
July 17, 2023  |  Loans

FinTech Earnest has teamed with Nova Credit to offer private student loans for international students. The partnership, announced Monday (July 17), is happening at a time when foreign-born students make up...

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Flutterwave Launches Tuition to Pay School Fees in Local Currencies
Flutterwave Launches Tuition to Pay School Fees in Local Currencies
July 11, 2023  |  Payment Methods

Flutterwave has launched a product to help African students pay school fees when studying abroad and at home. The new payment product, Tuition, will enable African users...

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Millennials Worry Less About Inflation and More About Paying Back Student Loans
Millennials Worry Less About Inflation and More About Paying Back Student Loans
July 07, 2023  |  Loans

United States consumers take out student loans in hopes that a college education for their children or themselves will contribute to a higher income later...

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Sezzle Offers College Kids BNPL for Buying Textbooks
Sezzle Offers College Kids BNPL for Buying Textbooks
December 20, 2022  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Sezzle wants to make it easier for college students. The company on Tuesday (Dec. 20) launched a partnership with...

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Flywire Teams With HDFC to Streamline Education Payments
Flywire Teams With HDFC to Streamline Education Payments
November 17, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Payments software company Flywire has teamed up with India’s HDFC Bank to help students in India pay education fees at institutions around the world. The companies...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Improving the College Payments Experience
PYMNTS Intelligence: Improving the College Payments Experience
November 04, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Innovation is needed to improve the college payments experience.  Given the range of problems riddling the current payments infrastructure at many colleges, it is clear...

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FTC Takes Action Against EdTech Provider Chegg After Data Breaches
FTC Takes Action Against EdTech Provider Chegg After Data Breaches
October 31, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is taking action against educational technology provider Chegg, saying the firm experienced four data security breaches since 2017 but allegedly...

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Splitit Reports 350% Surge in eLearning Merchant Sales since 2019
Splitit Reports 350% Surge in eLearning Merchant Sales since 2019
September 22, 2022  |  BNPL

Merchant sales volume for the eLearning market rose by 350% since 2019 for education and professional development providers using white-label buy now, pay later (BNPL)...

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Indian EdTech Giant Byju’s Under Pressure for Failing to Publish Accounts
Indian EdTech Giant Byju’s Under Pressure for Failing to Publish Accounts
September 11, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Indian EdTech company Byju’s is facing intense scrutiny from the government, as well as investors and creditors, over failures to publish its accounts while funding...

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